icd 10 code for 272.1

ICD-10 Equivalent of 272.1

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 272.1:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 272.1

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

ICD-10 Equivalent of 272

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 272:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 272

Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.

Not Valid for Submission

272.1 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of pure hyperglyceridemia. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Convert 272.1 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Information for Medical Professionals

References found for the code 272.1 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:

Information for Patients

Triglycerides are a type of fat found in your blood. Too much of this type of fat may raise the risk of coronary artery disease, especially in women.

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.